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4/20/2012 1:38PM

Verizon's Answer to iPhone: Windows

Verizon, fed up with the high costs of offering the iPhone, plans to push smartphones powered by Microsoft's Windows software, as a counterweight to the popular Apple device. George Stahl reports on digits. Photo: HTC.

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